According to a recent survey conducted by the US World Stone magazine, 84.4% of the stone traders surveyed believe that the world stone market will maintain its momentum in the next 5-10 years; 84.3% of the respondents predict that the world stone The industry's average annual growth rate will reach 6%. According to the Italian industry, in 2005, the world's stone consumption will reach 878 million square meters, the demand for blocks will reach more than 80 million tons; in 2010, stone consumption will reach 1.186 billion square meters, blocks Demand will reach 108.6 million tons; in 2015, stone consumption will reach 1.6 billion square meters, and the demand for blocks will reach 146.7 million tons; in 2025, stone consumption will reach 4 billion square meters. Among them, marble accounts for 50%, granite accounts for 45%, and the remaining 5% is rock, slate, basalt, limestone, agate stone and so on.
Red, yellow, green, black, blue, and white stone will still be valuable varieties, and some variants will also be popular, but manufacturers will demand higher quality. With the improvement of fire protection requirements, the advancement of installation technology, and the growing concern about the light pollution of glass curtain walls, the use of stone as a curtain wall will be the general trend.
Although plastics, ceramics and other building materials have been widely used, and seized part of the stone market, but because of its unique natural advantages, stone is still the material of choice for architectural decoration engineering.
The world's stone products have become more and more in the direction of thinning. In the 1980s, the thickness of stone was 10 mm to 15 mm; in the 1990s, the thickness of stone was reduced to less than 8 mm. After producing 6.5 mm thick granite tiles in Italy, Sweden produced 4 mm thick. The stone face bricks are currently available in marble plates with a thickness of only 3 mm. The biggest advantage of ultra-thin board is that it is light in weight and can be fixed on the wall with ordinary adhesive. At the same time, making ultra-thin board can save a lot of energy and make effective use of stone resources.
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